The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-09-15
~ WIPES WAGES"
Her social Position ana what She II.
Emitted To-.

rom thc Detroit Free rt,ss
"a Witc's Wages was the theme
of the Rev. ". II. Black of the Iuca. |
avenue Cumberland PRESBYTERIAN
church last evening. II, couerege.
ton WIS ,srgc and the sermon. winch |
was unusually Interesting, was stem
cd to attcuHvoly The speaker took !
his text from Psalm xviii. lg. "~, -
that tarricth at nome dc,Id,lh the
-poil-." he aid
The war Is OVERLOAD returns ,o
his family rich with the spot. of war
After the first salu;atiou, aud EN-
braces are over. he shows hi, wife ;he
Jewels, the Arabian and syrian ar
mcuts, the shields and spears and
wine and grain, as vel as the Ara,
bian horses. cattle, sheep aud camels,
which have been allotted TO him as "A
/ generals share of the fruit. of con-
| quest Then with grace and NJ
lection they proceed to divide all
these trophies of victory, The by stay
lug at home. tax ing care OF the pro-
pcrty. nurtuliug the children III the
law of the Lord, and praying TO, the
success OF the arms OF Israel, has
oarued her half of the emolumcuts of
war. She that tarrieth al home iii.
vidoth the spoils This IL the Divine
order.
It's the human law Judging from
the conduct OF some husbands 1t IL
not. ltshe has enoughto eat aLd to
wear, enough TO run the household
expenses and little piG-money. it l.
cons dercd
NONE OF HER BUSINESS
how much he makes or loses. She can
tiad that out after he is dead Thus
she lie doomed tn ignorance while he
lives and to imneasurab.c wroug after
he is gone. The laws OF the land are
llbout rs unjust to her claims III the
practice of her husband. The props
crty which Is the joint accumulation
of her aud her nus bands economy and
industry is dlstributabo only upon
the testament of her husband aud at
his death. Wherein lie the Justice of
this; Why should be distribute
rather than she. Aud why at his
death rather than Al hers
There hs, been Improvement
in the last fifty years over the proyi-
ions of the old common law. accord
ug to which all tn epersonal property
OF the wife belonged to the hus band
even though he lived apart from her
and in open adultery. All that she
obtained by her labor, or by bcqucst,
he could claim. sell or bequeath. His
right III her real property wa not 20
absolute, though tho income from ii
was his, even after death during his
life. Now, while there l. improve
ment i'll these particulars, still the
law does not recognize the wife a.
. having common rights with her prop
crty which is their Joint accumula
ton.
Let us consider what wife does
for and with her husband in order TO
learn what is her proper reward in
lfe's struggle. First, she invests ~,
, much time and strength and talent "a,
, he does. \ man generally marries
: his peer. I be exceptions TO this are
. more frequent in the case of wives
g marrying to interiors than that OF
+ husbands. The time invested is a
life time. The strength il her whole
. strength, moral, mental and social, As
r well as physical, These things DO not
. go by sex. There may be diversity in
the talents of husband and wife,
though there can be
No PROPER GROUND
= OF comparison. she, by choosing him
for her husband, voluntarily limits
: her skill to the internal management
. OF u home. While he, by his choice
, Of profession. voluntarily limits his
| talents to thc demands of hi- prolcs
sion. Bur If some wives were allow ed
to do the managing they would accum
nlate more property on an Income OF
500 month than their husbands
c would on $500 month. And il some
wives could not make better lawyers,
doctors and preachers than their hu-
bands, then the Lord have mercy on
, tho futu.e of our race.
@ Second-A wife make il possible
D., for her husband 10 have hcmc; The
I dictionaries cannot give satisfactory
1 definition. You might ~ vol try to
define the aroma Of rose or the
flower of peach rs 20 define home
7 The poets. with their marycilcu-
= insight into secret, OF beauty and
i sentiment, az not able 10 tell US what
I constitutes the "hOment,s' Oth home
a 1t is not creative, not work OF art
not decoration, 1t Is
a PRESENCE.
Whore neither r., il home and 10 the
husband where wife Is, is home,